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The most popular works of standard authors and poets 
arranged for use in schools, with introductions, explanatory 
notes, biographical sketches, portraits, and illustrations. 

Also elementary stories of nature, myth, history, industry, 
geography, biography, and literature. The grading sug¬ 
gested has been extensively followed by teachers with very 
satisfactory results, but may be varied to suit special 
conditions. 

The books have been carefully edited, are clearly printed on 
good paper, and have extra strong paper cover. Each book 
in the LITTLE CLASSIC SERIES contains thirty-two pages. 


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First and Second Grades 

No. 

2719 Aesop’s Fables. 

2713 Old Time Stories. 

2725 Favorite Mother Goose Rhymes. 

2707 First Steps in Reading. 

2701 Jack and the Beanstalk. 

2726 Favorite Mother Goose Jingles. 

2720 Little Red Riding Hood. 

2727 Story of Little Black Sambo. 

2708 Bunny Cottontail Stories. 

2728 Ten Little Indian Stories. 

2721 Hiawatha and Henry W. Longfel¬ 

low. 

2730 Twelve Little Indian Stories. 

2716 Bunny Boy. 

2731 The Jenny Wren Book. 

2704 Bob the Cat. 

2723 Whitter and His Snow-Bound. 

2732 The Bluebird Book. 

2717 Thanksgiving Stories. 

2733 Four Favorite Stories. 

2705 The Story of Two Little Rabbits. 

2724 The Three Misses Cottontail and 

King Rabbit. 

2734 My Shadow, and Other Poems. 

2718 Modern Fables. 

2735 My Treasures, and Other Poems. 

2706 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

First and Second Grades. 

2819 Squirrel and Other Animal Stories. 


Second and Third Grades 

No. 

2736 Three Popular Stories. 

2714 The Story of Joseph. 

2807 Beauty and the Beast and Other 
Favorite Fairy Tales. 

2702 Susan Cottontail Stories. 

2802 Cinderella and Other Favorite 

Fairy Tales. 

2715 Robinson Crusoe. 

2738 Stories from Grimm. 

2729 Sixteen Little Indian Stories. 

2809 The Coming of the Christ-Child. 

2709 Our Three Little Sisters and Hia¬ 

watha. 

2803 Christmas Stories. 

2722 Pussy Willow and other Tree 
Stories. 

2740 The Story of Peter Rabbit. 

2710 Stories About Animals. 

2810 The Little Story Reader. 

2711 Mr. and Mrs. Stout of Beaver Dam 

and How JackrabbitLost HisTail. 

2823 Stories About Birds. 

2712 The Tale of Bunny Cottontail— 

Abridged. 

2825 Who Stole the Bird’s Nest* and 

Other Poems. 

2824 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Third Grade. 

2826 The Robin Redbreast Bock. 

2812 The Toyland of Santa Claus. 

2827 The Chickadee Book. 

2828 Brownie’s Ride and Brownie and 

the Cook. 

2829 Escape at Bedtime* and Other 

Poems. 

2830 My Ship and I* and Other Poems. 


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“They considered themselves very wise” 

THE LITTLE BROWN MAN 


O NCE upon a time, a man had three sons, 
the youngest of whom had rather a hard 
time of it. His brothers nicknamed him 
Dumbling. 

These older brothers considered themselves 
very wise. As Dumbling was much younger 
than they, his opinions were never considered 
of any value. Everybody used to mock 
Dumbling and make fun of him on account 
of his nickname. 




The eldest son, who was a wood-cutter, was 
often sent by his father to cut wood in the 
forest. Before he left home his mother would 
prepare a delicious lunch of sandwiches, cake, 
a bottle of cream, and other toothsome joys, 
to take with him to eat while he was at work. 

One day just as he entered the forest he 
met a Little Brown Man, who bade him 
good-morning. Then the Little Brown Man 
said: “Please give me a little piece of cake 
out of your basket and a drink out of your 
bottle, for I am very hungry and thirsty.” 

But the youth, who was considered very 
clever, replied: “What! give you my cake and 
my cream ? Why, if I did I should have none 
for myself. No, indeed; so take yourself off!” 

The Little Brown Man went away, and the 
young man began cutting down a tree. Pres¬ 
ently he made a false stroke. The ax slipped 
and bruised his leg so badly that he *vas 
obliged to go home and have it bound up. 
Now this false stroke was caused by the 
Little Brown Man. 


The next day the second son went into the 
forest to cut wood. His mother gave him 
also a delicious lunch to take with him. As 
he entered the wood the same Little Brown 
Man met him, and begged for something to 
eat and drink. But the second son answered 
rudely: “Not a morsel; so be off!” 

Then he left the Little Brown Man stand¬ 
ing in the road and walked on. His punish¬ 
ment soon came. He had scarcely given two 
strokes on a tree with his ax when he hit 
his foot a terrible blow. He was obliged to 
limp home at once in great pain. 

Then Humbling, whom nobody cared for, 
went to his father and said, “Let me go for 
once and cut wood in the forest.” 

But his father said, “No, your brothers 
have been hurt badly. It would be worse 
for you who don’t understand wood-cutting.” 

The boy, however, begged so hard to be 
allowed to go that his father said, “There, 
get along with you. You will buy your ex¬ 
perience very dearly, I expect.” 

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His mother gave him a poor lunch to take 
with him. She gave him a cake, which had 
been made with water and baked in the ashes, 
and a bottle of sour milk. 

When he reached the wood the very same 
Little Brown Man met him, and after greet¬ 
ing him kindly said, “Please give me a little 
of your cake and a drop of milk from your 
bottle, for I am very hungry and thirsty.” 

“Oh,” replied Humbling, “I have only a 
cake which has been baked in the ashes, and 
some sour milk. However, you are welcome 
to a share of it. Let us sit down and eat and 
drink together.” 

So they seated themselves, and lo and be¬ 
hold! when the youth opened his basket the 
cake had been turned into a beautiful pound¬ 
cake. The sour milk had been turned into 
fine rich cream. The basket was filled with 
many delicious things to eat. 

After they had eaten and drunk enough 
the little old man said, “Because you have 

been kind-hearted, and shared your dinner 

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with me, I will make you in the future lucky 
in all you undertake. There stands an old 
tree. Cut it down and you will find some¬ 
thing good at the root.” Then the Little 
Brown Man said farewell, and left him. 

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Dumbling set to work, and very soon suc¬ 
ceeded in felling the tree. What was his 
surprise to find sitting at the root a goose 
whose feathers were of pure gold! 

He picked the goose up, and held it closely 
under his arm. Instead of going home with 
it, he carried it to an inn at a little distance, 
where he intended to pass the night. 

The landlord had three daughters who 
looked at the goose with envious eyes. They 
had never seen such a wonderful bird. They 
longed to have at least one of the feathers. 

“Ah!” thought the eldest, “I shall soon 
have an opportunity to pluck one of them.” 
An opportunity to pluck a feather soon hap¬ 
pened, for Dumbling quickly left the room. 

“Now is the time!” said the eldest 
daughter to herself. She instantly went up 
to the bird and took hold of its wing. What 
a strange thing happened! She could not 
take her hand away. Her thumb and finger 
stuck fast. However much she tried she 
could not take them away. 



“lie carried it to an inn” 


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In a short time after, the second sister 
came in. She came in to get a golden feather, 
too. She took hold of her sister to pull her 
away from the bird. Then another strange 
thing happened! 

The second sister stuck fast to the first 
sister’s dress. They neither of them could 
free themselves. 

At last in came the third sister with the 
intention of getting a golden feather. “Keep 
away! keep away!” screamed the other two. 
“Do not touch us! Keep away!” 

But she could not imagine why she should 
keep away. If they were near the golden 
bird, why should she not be there? So she 
made a spring forward and touched her sec¬ 
ond sister. 

Ah! what a mistake she made. She should 
have obeyed, and kept away. Immediately 
she also was made a prisoner. In this posi¬ 
tion all three of the sisters were obliged to 
remain by the goose all night. 

In the morning the young man came in, 
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took the goose under his arm, and went away. 
The three girls were obliged to follow close 
behind him. He pretended he did not notice 
them. 

And as he walked quickly 
they were obliged to run, one 
behind the other. They had 
to run left or right of him 
just as he happened to change 
the goose from one arm to the 
other. 

In the middle of a field they “Young ladies, 

what are you 

were met by the parson of about?” 
their church, who looked with wonder at the 
procession as it came near him. 

“Young ladies,” cried he, “what are you 
about, running after a young man in that 
way through the fields? Go home, all of 
you!” 

He placed his hand on the youngest to pull 
her back. The moment he touched her he 



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also became fixed, and was obliged to follow 
and run like the rest. 

In a few mimites the church clerk met 
them. When he saw the parson running 
along in this manner he was much surprised. 
He cried out, “Halloo, Master Parson, where 
are you running in such haste? Have you 
forgotten that there is a christening to-day?” 
And as the procession did not stop he ran 
after it and seized the parson’s gown. 

In a moment he found that his hand was 
fixed, and he also had to run like the rest. 
Now there were five trotting along—one 
behind the other. Presently two laborers 
came by with their sickles, from the field. 
The parson called out to them, and begged 
them to come and release him and the clerk. 

The men hastened over and made the at¬ 
tempt, biit with the same result. They were 
stuck fast to the others. Dumbling with his 
golden goose under his arm traveled on 
faster. He appeared qnite unconcerned 


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about the seven who were obliged to trot 
along after him. 

He would turn quickly and change the 
goose from one arm to the other, and trot 
faster just for the fun of seeing the seven 
run as if they were playing “crack-the-whip.” 

After awhile they came to a city in which 
reigned a King who had a daughter of such 
a sad disposition that no one could ever make 
her laugh. Therefore, the King issued a 
decree that whoever would make the Princess 
laugh should have her for his bride. 

Now when Dumbling heard this he was de¬ 
termined to try what effect the appearance 
of himself and his train would have on the 
Princess. So he ran before her and the 
whole seven trotted after him. He changed 
the goose from one arm to the other, and 
turned around quickly. The seven ran 
around rapidly as if they were playing 
“crack the whip.” 

The sight was so funny that the moment 
the Princess saw it she burst into a great fit 

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of laughter. She kept on laughing till they 
thought she would never leave off. 

After this Bumbling went to the King and 
demanded his daughter in marriage, accord¬ 
ing to the King’s decree. The King did not 
quite like to have this common young man 
for a son-in-law, so he said to Dumbling, 
“Look out of the window towards the river. 
Do you see those very large stones along the 
river bank? Some of them are as big as 
a house. They are in my way when I go 
out walking. I want them all thrown into 
the deep river. Bring me a man that is 
strong enough to do this, and you shall have 
my daughter for your bride.” 

So Dumbling released his prisoners from 
the golden goose, locked it away carefully, 
and went into the forest. He thought to 
§ himself, “If any one can help me, it is the 
Little Brown Man.” When he arrived at the 
forest where he had cut down the treee, he 
was surprised to find many big trees torn 
up by the roots. 


“There must have been a great storm here,” 
said he. “It was a lucky thing that I left 
when I did. I should not enjoy having one 
of those trees fall on me.” 

He walked on till he came to the very spot 
where he had cut down the tree. There sat 
a very Large Man on a big log. He sat there 
as if he were resting. 

“Good morning, sir,” said Dumbling. 

“Good morning, my little fellow,” said the 
Large Man. 

“There must have been a severe storm 
here from the way these trees are torn up by 
the roots,” said Humbling. 

“Oh no, I did that myself,” replied the 
Large Man. “I am getting in wood for the 
winter.” 

Dumbling was overjoyed at meeting the 
Strong Man. He spoke up quickly, saying, 
“You are just the man for whom I am look¬ 
ing. The King wants a strong man. Come 
with me and your fortune is made.” 

The Strong Man agreed to go, but said, 
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“One after another he removed these boulders” 

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“First, I must carry in this load of wood.” 
He then piled up ten large trees. Then he 
took another tree and tied the ten together. 
He threw the whole package over his shoul¬ 
der, as if it weighed only a few pounds, and 
walked rapidly to his home. 

Dumbling and the Strong Man proceeded 
then to the King’s palace. Dumbling in¬ 
formed the King that he had brought a man 
to remove the large stones. The King came 
out to watch the work. 

The Strong Man walked up to a big boulder 
about as big as a house, picked it up, bal¬ 
anced it in one hand, and pitched it sheer 
over into the middle of the deep river. One 
after another he removed these boulders 
about as fast as a boy might pick up potatoes. 

In order to make a complete job he pulled 
up a number of large trees that were in the 
way, shook the dirt off the roots, and threw 
them into the river also. 

The King was so astonished at the great 

power of this Strong Man that he could not 
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utter a word for full half an hour. Then he 
exclaimed, “Wonderful! Wonderful! Most 
wonderful!” Then he said to the Strong Man, 
“Your fortune is made. You shall never 
want for anything. Your home is now with 
the King.” 

“Thank you, your Majesty. I shall ever 
be at your service. Should you like to have 
your palace over where the boulders were, 
just a little nearer the river?” said the Strong 
Man. 

“Nothing would please me better,” replied 
the King. 

The Strong Man immediately picked the 
palace up, and placed it just where the King 
wanted it. This w r as all done so easily and 
quietly that nobody in the palace knew that 
anything had happened. 

Again Dumbling asked the King for his 
bride, but the King was annoyed at the 
thought of giving his daughter to such a 
common fellow. In order to get rid of him 
he made another condition. He said that no 

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man should have his daughter who could not 
find some one able personally to rout a whole 
regiment of soldiers. 

Away went Dumbling to the forest as be¬ 
fore. There in the same place sat a soldier 
who wore an old battered hat. “Ah,” said 
Dumbling, “I am glad to see you. How are 
you this fine morning?” 

“I am very unhappy,” replied the soldier. 
“I am a Soldier of Fortune, and I cannot find 
any more fighting to do. Wars seem to be 
about ended.” 

“How many men can you put to flight at 
one time,” asked Dumbling. 

“I can defeat a whole army,” replied the 
soldier. 

Dumbling could hardly contain himself for 
joy when he heard this. “You are just the 
man for whom I am looking,” said he, “but 
pray tell me how you will manage to defeat 
a whole army.” 

“That is very easy,” replied the soldier. 

“Do you see this old hat? It has wonderful 

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powers. In fact, it is a magic hat. I received 
it from a real witch who purchased it from 
the God of War.” 

Dumbling looked the hat over with very 
great interest, and said, “Mr. Soldier, I don’t 
see anything wonderful about this hat, ex¬ 
cept that it is so old 
and worn that it is about 
ready to fall to pieces. 

How do you make use of 
it to aid you in battle?” 

“That is very easy,” 
replied the soldier. “All 
I have to do is to put it 
straight on my head. 

Then place both hands “Ten cannons will fire” 

on top of the hat, and press down. Every 
time I press down ten cannons will fire. Just 
step a little to one side, and I will show you 
how it works.” 

Dumbling quickly stepped behind the sol¬ 
dier, for he did not want to be in front of 



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the cannons. The soldier pressed both hands 
down upon the hat. Ten cannons boomed! 
Down he pressed again, and boom went ten 
more. 

The noise was so terrific that Dumbling 
was much frightened. His teeth chattered 
and his knees smote together. Although he 
was frightened yet he was happy. He was 
more happy to be frightened than he was to 
be happy without being frightened. 

“Ah, you are the man for me,” said he to 
the soldier. “Don’t shoot any more. Just 
save your ammunition. Come and go with 
me and your fortune is made. I’ll warrant I 
will give you enough fighting to do.” 

Dumbling and our Soldier of Fortune soon 
.journeyed to the .King’s palace. Dumbling 
informed the King that he had brought a 
man who could put to rout a whole regiment 
of soldiers. 

The King ordered out his best regiment. 
They lined up for battle a mile from our 

Soldier of Fortune. The King gave the 
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signal for the battle to begin. Our soldier 
pressed down on his hat so fast that a thou¬ 
sand cannons were tired in a minute. This 
made such a terrible noise that the whole 
regiment of soldiers fell down from fright. 

Then our soldier charged on the regiment 
at full speed, all the time pressing down on 
his hat as he advanced, making the booming 
of the cannons almost deafening. This kind 
of charge was more than the king’s choice 
regiment could stand. They threw their guns 
away and fled. Not a one stayed to meet our 
soldier. 

The King admitted at once that his regi¬ 
ment was defeated. He said to our soldier, 
“Your fortune is this day made. I shall dis¬ 
charge all my soldiers. You shall henceforth 
defend my kingdom alone.” 

The Soldier of Fortune saluted the King, 
and said, “Thank you, your Majesty. I am 
at your service.” 

Then Humbling went a third time to the 
King and asked for his bride, but the King 

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made several excuses. At last he said if 
Dumbling could bring him a ship that would 
travel as well by land as by water, then he 
should, without any further conditions, 
marry his daughter. 

Dumbling went at once straight to the 
forest and saw again the same Little Brown 
Man. 

“Ah,” said the Little Brown Man as Dum¬ 
bling approached, “it was I who sent the 
Strong Man to pitch the big boulders into the 
river; it was I who sent the Soldier of For¬ 
tune. 

“I will also give you a ship that will not 
only travel by land or by sea, but will travel 
through the air as well. I will do this be¬ 
cause when you thought I was poor you were 
kind-hearted and gave me food and drink.” 

Thereupon the Little Brown Man stamped 
on the ground and blew a little silver whistle. 
Dumbling heard the booming of cannons, the 
ground opened and out came the Soldier of 
Fortune followed by the Strong Man. And 

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what do you think the 
Strong Man was carry¬ 
ing? He carried on his 
back a large, beautiful 
ship. 



Said the Little Brown 
Man, “Here is the ship 


“Blew a little silver 
whistle” 


that will not only travel over land or water, 
but will sail through the air.” 

Then he said to the Strong Man, “Break 
down that big oak tree. You will find it hol¬ 
low at the root.” 

Immediately the Strong Man broke down 
the big oak tree as if it were a weed. And 
what do you think they found in the hollow 
at the root? 

There were fifty-seven suits of the most 
beautiful clothes any prince ever wore. They 
were all just the right size for Dumbling. 
They were all made of velvet and trimmed 
with gold lace. There were red suits, green 
suits, blue suits, brown suits, and white suits. 
There were fifty-seven beautiful hats with 


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golden plumes; fifty-seven pairs of shoes of 
the finest leather, colored to match the suits; 
fifty-seven neck-ties of the choicest silk. 

There were fifty-seven of each article of 
clothing that a handsome young man would 
most like to wear. There was a beautiful and 
costly watch that would strike the hours. 
There were gold and diamond stick-pins, and 
gold and diamond rings. 

“You are soon to wed the Princess,” said 
the Little Brown Man to Bumbling. “You 
will then be a Prince, and you must have 
beautiful clothes. These clothes and jewels 
are all yours.” 

Dumbling was so surprised he could hardly 
speak at first. Finally he took the Little 
Brown Man in his arms and wept for joy, and 
thanked him a million times. Then Dum¬ 
bling dressed in one of his most beautiful 
suits. How fine and handsome he did look! 
All the other clothes were immediately put 
into the ship. 

“Now we shall go to see the King,” said 

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“Then Bumbling dressed in one of his beautiful suits” 


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the Little Brown Man. “I will show you how 
to run this ship. All aboard, and we shall 
be off at once.” 

The Little Brown Man, the Strong Man, 
the Soldier of Fortune, and Dumbling all 
boarded the ship in a twinkling. 

“Now,” said the Little Brown Man, “here 
are three buttons—one red, one white, and 
one blue. When you want to sail on the 
ground, press the red button; when through 
the air, press the white one; when on the 
water, press the blue one.” 

So saying, he pressed the white button, and 
the ship arose and sailed through the air like 
a great bird. They flew in the direction of 
the King’s palace. The Soldier of Fortune 
pressed on his hat every now and then, and 
made the ten cannons boom, just to let the 
King know they were coming. 

The King was greatly astonished to see 
the ship come sailing through the air. As 
soon as they alighted the King came forward 

at once to examine the ship. Dumbling was 

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so handsomely dressed that the King did not 
at first know him. 

“Your Majesty,” said Dumbling, “I de¬ 
sire to introduce to you my dearest friend, 
the Little Brown Man. He furnished me this 
ship, which not only sails on land as well as 
on water, but also sails through the air. He 
helped me find the Strong Man and the Sol¬ 
dier of Fortune.” 

The King was so pleased he put his arms 
around Dumbling and called him his son. 
The King said, “The wedding shall take place 
tomorrow.” 

And such a grand wedding as that was! 
It would be difficult to describe how beau¬ 
tiful the bride looked, and how handsome the 
groom was. He looked the part of a Real 
Prince. 

The King gave him the name of Prince 
John to take the place of Dumbling. 

The wedding was celebrated in grand style 
on the palace grounds. The Little Brown 
Man blew his magic whistle and a great flock 

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of fifty-seven golden geese appeared and 
circled around in the sunlight to the great 
delight of the royal household. 

The whole flock came down and each goose 
gave the Princess a golden feather. Prince 
John turned his lucky goose loose and it flew 
away with the rest of the golden flock. 

The Little Brown Man blew his magic 
whistle again. There appeared fifty-seven 
handsome messenger boys, each carrying a 
large basket. Each basket was filled with 
rubies, diamonds, emeralds, and other 
precious jewels. All these were presented to 
the Princess as a wedding present. 

Then the Little Brown Man took the King, 
Queen, Prince and Princess for a ride in the 
magic ship. They sailed on land; they sailed 
on water; they sailed through the air. 

The Strong Man pitched stones as big as 
an elephant five to ten miles up into the air 
and caught them as they came down. The 
Soldier of Fortune pressed down on his hat 
a thousand times and made ten thousand 

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cannons boom in honor of the wedding. 

The King was so pleased with the Little 
Brown Man that he offered to make him his 
Secretary of State. 

The Little Brown Man replied, “I thank 
you, your Majesty, for the honor you offer 
me. I am one of the guardians of the mines 
of precious metals and stones. It is my duty 
to guard these jewels. I cannot leave my 
place.” With these words he said farewell 
and disappeared. 

After the King’s death, Prince John suc¬ 
ceeded to the throne, and ruled over the 
whole country. He was a good and wise 
king, and being king did not make him for¬ 
get to help the needy the same as he did 
when he was just Dumbling, and shared his 
lunch with the Little Brown Man. 


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2931 Night Before Christmas and Other 

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2907 Our Pilgrim Forefathers. 

2932 The Story of Granite* Copper and 

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2901 The Story of Abraham Lincoln. 

2933 The Story of Marble and Slate. 

2920 The Story of Washington. 

2934 The Story of Fruit. 

2914 The Story of Benjamin Franklin. 

2935 Norse Heroes. 

2908 A Longfellow Booklet. 

2936 Norse Myths. 

2838 The Bluest of Blue Birds. 

2937 Norse Legends. 

2902 The Norse Seamen and Christo¬ 

pher Columbus. 

2915 The Story of the Revolution. 

2909 Henry Hudson and Other Explor¬ 

ers. 

2916 Miss Alcott 9 * Boys. 

2910 Orioles* Bobolinks and other Birds. 
2923 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Fourth and Fifth Grades. 

2917 Grace Darling and Florence Night¬ 

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Fifth and Sixth Grades 

No. 

2938 The Story of Gold and Silver. 

2911 The Story of Jeanne (Joan)D’Arc. 

3020 The Story of Our Flag. 

2923 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Fourth and Fifth Grades. 

2939 The Story of Oil. 

2905 The Three Golden Apples. 

2940 Longfellow’s Poems. 

2924 The Story of Electricity. 

3002 Rab and His Friends. 

2918 William McKinley. 

3021 The Great Stone Face. 

2912 The Discovery of America. 

2943 The Story of Paper, Pens, Pencils, 

etc. 

3019 The Story of Steam. 

2944 The Story of Printing. 

3013 Father Marquette. 

2945 The Story of Newspapers and 

Books. 

3007 The Miraculous Pitcher. 

3025 The Story of Robinhood. 

3001 The Story of La Salle. 

Sixth and Seventh Grades 

No. 

3026 The Story of Motors. 

3014 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Sixth Grade. 

3016 Rip Van Winkle and Author’s Ac¬ 
count of Himself. 

3008 The King of The Golden River. 

3027 The Story of Glass. 

2941 The Golden Fleece. 

3028 The Meat-Packing Industry. 

2942 Whittier’s Poems. 

3029 Tennyson’s Poems. 

3015 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 

3030 Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare— 

Part I. 

3031 Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare— 

Part II. 


No. 

3009 The Pied Piper of Hamlin and 

Other Poems. 

3011 The Song of Hiawatha—Abridged. 

3003 The Snow-I mage. 

3032 Primitive Travel and Transporta¬ 

tion. 

3022 The Courtship of Miles Standish. 

3033 The Story of Ships and Shipping. 
3024 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Seventh Grade. 

3034 Ocean Routes and Navigation. 

Seventh and Eighth Grades 

No. 

3035 American Railway Systems. 

3018 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. 

3010 Evangeline. 

3036 Horatius at the Bridge, and Other 

Poems. 

3012 The Cotter’s Saturday Night and 

Other Poems. 

3037 Lowell’s Poems. 

3004 Thanatopsis and Other Poems. 

3006 The Deserted Village (Goldsmith) 

and Gray’s Elegy. 

3038 Washington’s Farewell Address 

and Other Papers. 

3122 The Vision of Sir Launfal and 
Other Poems. 

3039 Prisoner of Chillon and Other 

Poems. 

3017 Snow-Bound and the Corn Song. 
3115 The Magna Charta. 

3040 Sir Roger De Coverley Papers. 

3041 Carrying the U. S. Mail. 

3108 Speeches by Lincoln. 

3005 Enoch Arden. 

3101 Sohrab and Rustum. 

3042 Navigating the Air—Electric Rail¬ 

ways. 

3107 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 
Eighth Grade. 


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